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Polly Singh

Polly Singh needs no Introduction to our site. Some of his paintings are distributed over the History section. Dozens of his Kit Models related to the Indian Air Force are featured in our Modeling the Indian Air Force Section. Polly had done several paintings on various historical themes. We present some of his works on these pages . Take a close look for you are bound to learn many things, that you didn't know before! The Captions for the paintings have been provided by Polly Singh himself.

The first Westland Wapitis came to the IAF with the ‘A’ flight of No 1 sqn on 1 Apr 1933. No 7 Sqn was formed on 18 Nov 1942 at ‘Vizagapatnam’. Pending arrival of the new Vengeances, the Sqn flew the Wapiti IIA ex-6 CDF for about six weeks. Here Sqn Ldr ‘

No 2 Sqn converted to the Hurricane IIC in Dec 42. Here one of their aircraft clears its plugs at Imphal before launching to carry out Tac/R for the scattered groups of Chindits and, if possible, some strafing of Japanese rolling stock along the Mandalay-

De Havilland DH 92A Tiger Moth, HU 512 of the IAF’s Vintage Flight carrys out an air test before display at the Air Force Golden Jubilee celebrations in 1982. The Tiger Moth was being flown then Gp Capt AS Lamba VrC, after nearly 20 yrs after it lay unuse

An A&ATU (Aircraft and Armament Testing Unit) pilot tests the first Marut handed over to the IAF- BD 829 in Mar 1964. The early Maruts were characterized by the STR-9x VHF antenna on the nose. This painting has particular significance to me as that pi

Dassault Mystere IVa. As the sun rises in the East, A Mystere IV A flown by Sqn Ldr AB " Tubby" Devayya of the IAF's No 1 "Tigers" sqn turns away from home to give battle to a PAF 9 Sqn F-104A Starfighter Flown by Flt Lt Amjad Hussein.

HAL Ajeet. The prototype HAL Ajeet EI083 (Gnat Mk II) climbs out over Bangalore in Aug 78. The Ajeet was the ‘ground attack’ variant of the much acclaimed Gnat with a wet wing, new avionics and modified controls. Oil on canvas 3’X2’. ASTE collection.

Hawker Hunter 56A An ASTE pilot carries out trials on a R-60 AAM equipped Hunter for operations from Leh during the initial phase of the Siachen conflict. The Hunter was the only ac that could operate from that elevation at that time (10,827’). A-918 was

Hawker Hunter 56A Wg Cdr Cecil Parker CO, 20 Sqn pulls out of his attack on the Attock oil refinery on 6 Dec 71. Operating at the Hunters max range the ac carried only gun ammo and long range fuel tanks. The blaze so created acted as a navigation aid to

Operation Cactus Wg Cdr Anil Vaidya and Fg Offr R Nambiar of the Battle Axes make a low turning pass over Male airfield where an Il-76 of No.44 Squadron had landed to disembark troops of the 50th Para Brigade from Agra.

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